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The Nabucco-South Stream race intensifies
The race between the two EU's eastern gas pipelines is going on while next winter can again show some supply problems via Ukraine. South Stream got latest boost on 11th November 2009 as Russia's Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko and Slovenian Economy...
Tags: Energy policy, Nabucco, South Stream, Blue Stream, Slovenia, Russia, China, Ukraine, Turkey, Austria, BalkanBlog, Ari Rusila, EU energy supply
Forgotten Refugees - West Balkans
The refugee question is of paramount importance in Balkans - still. Beginning 1991, political upheavals – such as the breakup of Yugoslavia – displaced millions of people. Officially one part of these people are refugees meaning that...
Tags: Balkans, BalkanBlog, Ari Rusila, refugees, IDPs, Refugee, Kosovo Albanians &, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Serbia, Ethnic cleansing, Kosovo Serb, Forced migration, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Persecution, East Croatia, Ethnic groups in Kosovo, Croatian Krajina, Social Issues, West Balkans, War Conflict, allnews, internally displaced, Dayton Peace, Belgrade, Bosnian, Slavic countries, UNHCR&rsquo, Internally displaced person
Afghanistan – to be or not?
"democracies make elections, elections don't make democracies" After Afghanistan's fraudulent elections President Obama's future politics in failing state is still foggy. Conflicting views of Obama's staff, escalation of War to Pakistan, lack of clear...
Tags: Afghanistan, US foreign policy, EU external relations, crisis management, Obama, Karzai, BalkanBlog, Ari Rusila
West Balkans soon ready for EU – at least part of it
As Lisbon Treaty seems to come into force also the enlargement process in the Western Balkans got new boost. On 14 October 2009 the Commission adopted its annual strategy document explaining its policy on EU enlargement.The document includes also...
Tags: Western Balkans, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, Albania, Croatia, Macedonia, EU enlargement, Turkey, BalkanBlog, Ari Rusila
Iran's nuclear program at the crossroads
The way ahead with the dispute between Iran's nuclear programme and the possible response of western powers is foggy. News from last weeks give some base for optimism (peaceful solution) while others are increasing the use of military option. What's clear...
Tags: Iran, nuclear program, nuclear weapon, Russia, Israel, USA, BalkanBlog, Ari Rusila
Nobel Peace Prize 2008/2009
When Nobel committee last year selected Mr. Ahtisaari – an unofficial spokesperson of US State department and Nato – as Nobel prize Peace laureate this years selection was not surprise. The bright side is that Mr.Obama has not (hopefully yet)...
Tags: Nobelprize, Obama, Ahtisaari, BalkanBlog, Ari Rusila
New Player in Caspian Sea Power Corridor
Competition – or development – of EU's eastern gas supply routes has intensified this year. Both EU/U.S. backed Nabucco and Russia's South Stream have made deals to guarantee realization of new pipelines until 2015. The EU’s new...
Tags: Energy supply, gas pipes, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, China, Nabucco, South Stream, TAPI, BalkanBlog, Ari Rusila, US foreign policy, SRS, GUUAM
Quality Peace?
To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles, they call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace. (Tacitus, ca. 56 – ca. 117) On 21 September 1980 Iraq launched a full-scale invasion of Iran, which was the beginning...
Tags: Quality-peace, crisis management, BalkanBlog, Ari Rusila, CFSP, intercultural dialogue
Bottom-Up Approach needed for multi-ethnic society
Promoting a culture of coexistence, a multi-ethnic society or at least ethnic tolerance is not an easy task, not even in Europe, not even with help of billions of aid or with “best” western practice. This can be seen especially in Balkans...
Tags: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Balkans, crisis management, restoring trust, intercultural dialogue, Balkanblog, Ari Rusila, UN, EU external relations
Follow-Up: Organ Trafficking
As one response to my earlier article "New Cannibalism in Europe too?" I got a quite good overall description about the problem published in Online Nursing Programs Net on 1st Sep 2009. As follow-up I would like to forward article "10 Truly Shocking...
Tags: Organ trafficking, organ harvesting, organized crime, BalkanBlog, Ari Rusila
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